A charity has called for a wider rollout of meningitis vaccines after a teenage boy in Oxfordshire died after contracting the disease. Lewis Waters, a sixth-form pupil at The Henley College, died earlier this week. Two pupils, one from Reading Blue Coat School and another from Highdown Secondary School and Sixth Form Centre in Reading, are also being treated for meningitis. "Young lives are really precious and we should do everything we can to protect them," said Dr Tom Nutt, chief executive of Meningitis Now. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is reviewing eligibility for routine Meningitis B (MenB) vaccination. Vaccinations for MenB are currently not available to teenagers and young adults on the NHS routine immunisation schedule. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said one case had been confirmed as MenB and it was awaiting further tests on the other two. Nutt said: "The argument against the introduction of the Men B vaccination for teenagers and young adults is actually around cost effectiveness. "The lives of teenagers and young adults are too precious and it is tragic to see yet another death." Th
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A charity has called for a wider rollout of meningitis vaccines after a teenage boy in Oxfordshire died after contracting the disease. Lewis Waters, a sixth-form pupil at The Henley College, died earlier this week. Two pupils, one from…
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A charity has called for a wider rollout of meningitis vaccines after a teenage boy in Oxfordshire died after contracting the disease. Lewis Waters, a sixth-form pupil at The Henley College, died earlier this week. Two…
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A charity has called for a wider rollout of meningitis vaccines after a teenage boy in Oxfordshire died after contracting the disease. Lewis Waters, a sixth-form pupil at The Henley College, died earlier this week. Two pupils, one from…
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